Some are talking of "moving on" and "turning the page" in the Twin Cities abuse and cover up scandal. . .

Such thoughts are misplaced. They show a callous disregard for vulnerable kids.

Job one is not "recovering" or "healing." Job one is safeguarding kids. That means every single cleric who committed or concealed clergy sex crimes musts be exposed, ousted and prosecuted.

It means that the names of all child molesting clerics - priests, nuns, bishops, seminarians and brothers - must be permanently and prominently posted on church websites and in church bulletins.

It means that predator-friendly laws must be reformed. It means that former Twin Cities clerics - men like Duluth Bishop Paul Sirba and St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson - must be disciplined too.

Adults can heal regardless of what church or secular officials do or don't do. Kids, however, cannot protect themselves without active, proven prevention steps by church and secular officials. So let's keep the focus where it belongs -- on

Let's let "healing" and "turning the page" come later.

(SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is the world’s oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 20,000 members. Despite the word “priest” in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, and Protestant ministers. Our website is SNAPnetwork.org)

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Good post by SNAP and good comment by Christine Johnson.
Christine Johnson’s description of the Roman Catholic System is completely accurate.

Christine Johnson commented
2015-06-17 10:57:05 -0500

“turning the page” can never happen… this is the end for this church of child rape, torture, terror, slaughter, genocide, theft,money laundering, racketeering …. the only ones turning a page should be the people who are still in bondage to this false idol religion/church.. their last page says GOODBYE… ?